The Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes of the UNASUR: Historical Background and Current Status of the Centre

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Maria Gabriela Sarmiento

Central University f Venezuela; Sarmiento de Klumpner Consulting

Date Written: December 14, 2015

Abstract

This is an introduction to the UNASUR, as well as to the historical background of the initiative of the UNASUR to create a Centre for the settlement of investment disputes as an alternative to the ICSID. The article is accompanied by three versions of the Agreement of the Creation of the above-mentioned Centre that will be opened for signature by the member-states of the UNASUR as well as by non-member states. This is a regional South-American initiative that pretends to progressively grow to cover Latin-America as a middle-term goal, and the world-over as a long-term goal. The documents were originally prepared in Spanish, and an unofficial translation of each of them is available in this article.

Keywords: investment dispute settlement, UNASUR, South-America, multilateral agreement

Suggested Citation

Sarmiento, Maria-Gabriela, The Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes of the UNASUR: Historical Background and Current Status of the Centre (December 14, 2015). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2703587 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2703587

Maria-Gabriela Sarmiento (Contact Author)

Central University f Venezuela ( email )

Public Law Institute Central University Venezuela
Municipio Libertador
Caracas, Distrito Capital 1053
Venezuela

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Sarmiento de Klumpner Consulting ( email )

Zurich, ZH 8032
Switzerland

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